The remote city of Machu Picchu was abandoned after the Spanish arrived in Peru in the early 16th century, and the conquistadors never found it. How things change. Now, the Incan empire’s most ...

Peru’s famous Inca city of Machu Picchu, perched high in the Andes Mountains, is possibly several decades older than experts previously thought. New evidence published in the journal Antiquity found ...

A visitor looks at artworks displayed as part of the exhibition "Machu Picchu and the Treasures of Peru" at Cite de l Architecture et du Patrimoine (City of Architecture and Heritage Museum) at Palais ...

Are you looking to know how to visit Machu Picchu Peru from Cusco? In this Machu Picchu travel guide we start in Cusco and drive in a private car to Ollantaytambo where we board a Peru Rail train to ...

The Inca may have built the Andean citadel of Machu Picchu decades earlier than previously thought: A team of researchers report in the journal Antiquity that scientific testing of human remains from ...

Hiram Bingham III was an archaeologist and lecturer of history at Yale. His wife had money, and he was able to finance his own exploration in South America. In 1911 he led an expedition to Peru in ...

Did you know that Machu Picchu was once home to around 750 people? It was constructed between 1438 and 1470 by Emperor Pachacutec. This historic site is rich in culture, attracting both scholars and ...

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The First women only Inca Trail tours, led by women tours guides and supported by women porters. Evolution Treks Peru Talk about wonder women. The first-ever all-female journey to Machu Picchu, one of ...

An organisation has warned that Peru’s Machu Picchu risks losing “credibility” as a new wonder of the world amid ongoing ...